The news that the Sages planned to personally deal with the peak God-Demons spread, and the other Quasi-Sages all chose to withdraw from the God-Demon hunt.
However, for the sake of safety, these Quasi-Sages did not return to their own homes. Instead, they chose to bring some core disciples and stay as guests near the All Sages' sacred grounds.
Outside the sacred grounds, there were no safe places left.
Previously, they could still hide in Affiliated Universes. Now that the peak God-Demons possessed the ability to search for Affiliated Universes, even those places were no longer safe.
After receiving news of the peak God-Demons, large numbers of mid- and high-level immortal gods fled from the Affiliated Universes where they had lived in seclusion.
The areas around Kunlun Mountain, Western Spirit Mountain, Phoenix Perch Mountain, Jade Void Mountain, and the other sacred grounds became the best places of refuge.
Large numbers of mid- and high-level immortal gods swarmed there.
Their choice was undoubtedly correct.
By now, two million years had passed since the beginning of the Archaic Era, and the changes in Heaven and Earth were still evolving toward the state at the dawn of creation.
According to Luo Qing's estimation, during the final million years, Heaven and Earth would completely return to their state at the beginning of creation.
The roughly five hundred remaining peak God-Demons would all emerge during this million-year period.
The locations where the peak God-Demons emerged were highly unpredictable.
But without exception, none of them appeared near the sacred grounds.
Even if peak God-Demons emerged in some remote place, so long as they did not cause too much commotion, it would be difficult for the Sages to notice them immediately.
By the time the Sages discovered their traces and personally moved to hunt them down,
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